Eggplant
So many many eggplant recipes to try and enjoy. HERE is an incredible source for Eggplant Recipes!
Click here to see Martha Stewart's 31 tried and true recipes!
We especially like her Eggplant Caviar recipe. We roasted the whole eggplant under the broiler and then rather than trying to peel it, we simply split it in half and scooped out the innards.
This recipe is so tasty - and even works for people who "don't like eggplant!"
ENJOY!
Eggplant Caviar
An old Russian favorite, this dish goes perfectly atop pita bread or served as a dip.
Martha Stewart Living, March 2001
YieldMakes 3 1/2 cups
Cook's Note: Instead of cooking the eggplant over an open flame, you can use the oven: Place the eggplant in a shallow baking pan under the broiler. Broil, turning the eggplant every five minutes until skin is blackened all over and the flesh is falling-apart tender, twenty to thirty minutes.
Click here to see Martha Stewart's 31 tried and true recipes!
We especially like her Eggplant Caviar recipe. We roasted the whole eggplant under the broiler and then rather than trying to peel it, we simply split it in half and scooped out the innards.
This recipe is so tasty - and even works for people who "don't like eggplant!"
ENJOY!
Eggplant Caviar
An old Russian favorite, this dish goes perfectly atop pita bread or served as a dip.
Martha Stewart Living, March 2001
YieldMakes 3 1/2 cups
- 2 purple-globe eggplants, (1 1/2 pounds each)
- 1/4 cup minced onion
- 2 plum tomatoes, seeded, finely chopped
- 1/4 cup roughly chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 1/2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
- Pita or rye bread, for serving
- Roast eggplants: Using a wooden skewer, pierce eggplants all over. Turn two gas burners or a gas grill to high flame; place one eggplant on each. Cook, turning with tongs as each side blackens and softens, until skins are completely black and flesh is falling-apart tender, about 10 minutes. Remove from flame; transfer to a nonreactive baking dish. Place one end of dish on a slant so that the juices can run from the eggplants. When cool enough to handle, peel away all blackened skin.
- Place eggplant flesh in the bowl of a food processor; pulse until pureed. Transfer to a large bowl; stir in the onion, tomatoes, parsley, olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Serve warm or at room temperature with pita or rye bread.
Cook's Note: Instead of cooking the eggplant over an open flame, you can use the oven: Place the eggplant in a shallow baking pan under the broiler. Broil, turning the eggplant every five minutes until skin is blackened all over and the flesh is falling-apart tender, twenty to thirty minutes.